Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Hi everyone! So, you may not know, but I'm redoing my bedroom...again. :) I know, I just updated it a little bit earlier this year, but sometimes bigger things just need to change instead of just new bedding and lamps. So, I've been looking to make some cute sunburst mirrors for the side of the bed. I priced a few out that I liked and the cheapest one was $30. But, the probably is that I would need two. So, I came up with a way to make one instead for $10...and I like to think looks far better than the $30 or even $50 ones I was looking at.

I know, you've probably seen a ton of these mirrors that have been made with paint sticks. I don't know about you, but I'm not one to waltz into Home Depot and ask for like 50 paint sticks. I feel weird asking for a few extra as is. lol. So, I had some extra wood shims on hand from a previous project and thought they would look awesome for this mirror. The wood shims normally are about $1.50 per pack.

For the first step, turn the charger upside down and start hot gluing the shims around the back side equally distanced. I had the thicker part of the shims glued to the charger and the thinner edges on the outside.

I thought this would be good enough, but then turned it over and thought it looked a little...well, weird.

So, I grabbed some more shims and glued them in the middle of the other shims.

Before adding the mirror, you'll want to add your hanging bracket. I just used this d-bracket. The piece itself is pretty light, so this has held up nice...even with the crazy nail ;)

Spray paint the front of the piece now.

Next, glue on the mirror into the middle of the charger. When you get your mirror, make sure you get the kind that slopes at the edge or else it might look unfinished:

And there you go! This is a pretty big mirror...especially for only costing $10. For me, it was really only like $7 which is even better since I had the shims on hand :)

I just love everything about this mirror. It turned out far better than I could imagine and completely adds so much to the room.

The gold and the wood works great too. You can still see the wood grain which I completely love.

So, the way to get this down to $10 is use your coupons and what you have on hand. I used a coupon for the charger and mirror, and the shims for me were from a different project, so free :) But if you get the shims, it should only cost $1.50 each pack. And obviously, the smaller you make this the cheaper it would be.

That brings us to this month's (October...ahh!!) Repurpose, Reuse, Recycle Series. Go check out these wonderful girls and give them some love :)

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